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Country singer Morgan files for divorce
(AP)
AP - Lorrie Morgan has filed for divorce from fellow country singer Sammy Kershaw, court records show. | 1Entertainment
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The January Effect
These top-rated stocks do best in the month of January. | 0Business
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Nucleare:ministri, ok sanzioni Iran
Da parte di Usa, Francia, Russia, Cina, Gb e Germania | 4Italia
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Seven Palestinians killed in firefight in West Bank
NABLUS, West Bank Six Palestinian gunmen and an 11-year-old girl were killed on Wednesday during a firefight with Israeli soldiers, Palestinian hospital officials said. | 1Entertainment
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Football: Man Utd grab first win
Nani's first goal for Manchester United hands the champions a first win of the season to frustrate a brave Spurs display. | 13World
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Have You Called Your Car Lately?
The Viper G.P.S. Tracking System can be reached by the Internet or a cellphone. | 6Sci/Tech
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Jacques Derrida, founder of deconstructionist philosophy, dead at <b>...</b>
Jacques Derrida, a philosopher who founded the school known as deconstructionism, has died, the French president's office said Saturday. | 13World
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Dixons seeks 1,000 new recruits
Hooks up with Jobcentres to plug gap | 6Sci/Tech
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Iniziato il controesodo in 19 milioni sulle strade
Quello che dovrebbe essere il più grande controesodo dell'estate Ú iniziato. L'Osservatorio di Milano ha infatti previsto che saranno almeno 19 milioni gli italiani che si metteranno in viaggio questo fine settimana. | 4Italia
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Ukraine Activists Find Love in Tent Camp (AP)
AP - Vasyl Fylosov and Sofiya Kirichenko came to Kiev from different regions to join round-the-clock protests in support of opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko. Result: two golden rings and a bride's veil in the opposition's signature color, orange. | 2Europe
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Murdoch says Sacha Baron Cohen signs for "Borat 2"
(Reuters)
Reuters - British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has
signed a deal to make "Borat 2," a sequel to the hit film about
a boorish Kazakh journalist on a road trip across America, News
Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said on Thursday. | 1Entertainment
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Bastad, 15:58 - TENNIS, ATP BASTAD: SUCCESSO DI FERRER
Lo spagnolo David Ferrer, testa di serie numero 2, ha vinto il torneo Atp di Bastad (terra, 353.450 ... | 4Italia
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Key differences resolved in N.Korea talks
BEIJING (Reuters) - Key differences over a deal to unravel North Korea's nuclear arms program were settled in six-country talks early on Tuesday after days of haggling over a huge package of energy aid for the reclusive communist state. | 13World
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Why Putin is backing Kyoto again
Why did Russian President Vladimir Putin decide to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change last week, only six months after his top adviser, Andrei Illarionov, called it a "death treaty? | 13World
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Barak wins leadership of Israel's Labour Party
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak won the leadership of Israel's Labour Party on Wednesday, putting him in an influential position to decide the fate of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his coalition government. | 10Top News
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DR Congo war crimes suspect to appear before ICC Monday
(AFP)
AFP - A former militia leader accused of leading the massacre of some 200 Congolese villagers in 2003, will appear Monday before the International Criminal Court for the first time, the court's website said. | 13World
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Bush shifts focus to West Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - President George W. Bush traveled to the West Bank on Thursday, passing powerful symbols of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Jewish settlements and Israel's barrier in the occupied territory. | 10Top News
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2007 set to be 'one of warmest'
This year is set to be one of the warmest on record in Scotland, environmental campaigners say. | 2Europe
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Bush:scudo giusto,temo missili Iran
Esso difende Paesi europei da quelli ostili, non da Russia | 4Italia
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Football: Djemba-Djemba for Villa
Aston Villa agree a fee to buy Cameroon international Eric Djemba-Djemba from Man Utd. | 10Top News
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Paul Hamm Wins All-Around Event
After falling on the landing of his vault, Paul Hamm put on two of the most spectacular routines of his career to win Olympic gold, the first ever by a U.S. man. | 13World
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Wizards Suffer a Letdown
Playing their fourth game in five nights, the weary Wizards fail to hold a team to under 100 points for the first time in seven games and fall to the Knicks, 105-93. | 8Sports
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European Companies Join In Boosting Linux Security
A consortium of European companies, including Linux-distributor Mandrakesoft, has been awarded a three-year, $8.6 million contract to boost security of the open-source Linux operating system, the companies said Thursday. | 6Sci/Tech
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China warns of new wave of coal mine disasters
(Reuters)
Reuters - China, home to the world's deadliest
mining industry, could be faced with a new wave of accidents as
collieries start operations again following severe winter
weather which forced many to close. | 13World
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Rapper T.I. released on bail in weapons case
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning rapper T.I. walked out of a federal court on $3 million bond on Friday two weeks after he was arrested in a weapons case that could see him jailed for 30 years. | 1Entertainment
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Black quits top jobs at Hollinger Inc
CONRAD Black, the former owner of the Daily Telegraph, yesterday stood down as chairman and chief executive of Hollinger Inc., the Toronto-based holding company which has voting control over newspaper publisher Hollinger International. | 11Top Stories
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Mystery blast no accident: N Korea
A MYSTERIOUS explosion in North Korea last week was a deliberate detonation connected with a power plant project, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said yesterday. | 11Top Stories
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Britney rumoured to have delivered a boy
Rumors swirled on Tuesday that pop star Britney Spears had given birth to her second baby, and that
contrary to tabloid predictions, it was a boy. | 1Entertainment
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With Premier on His Way Out, Japan Focuses on a Successor
TOKYO, Sept. 13 -- The departure of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who stunned Japan on Wednesday by announcing that he was quitting after a year in power, appears likely to weaken his party's long hold on political power, embolden an already cocky opposition and stall economic reform. | 10Top News
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Flu Season Slow So Far, Official Says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. influenza season is starting slowly but it is still too early to tell how severe the outbreak will be as the nation faces a vaccine shortage, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Sunday. | 3Health
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Militants free Pakistani soldiers
Eighteen soldiers held hostage by pro-Taleban militants in a Pakistani tribal region are released, officials say. | 13World
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Warsaw Shines As a European Metropolis
As the capital of Poland, Warsaw's historical legacy has proven to be both a blessing and curse. | 2Europe
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NVE Technology Makes Hearing Aids, Pacemakers Work Better
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Until recently, hearing aid wearers had to manually switch modes on their devices when they used a cell phone. | 6Sci/Tech
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GOP senators bash Rumsfeld
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is drawing increasingly heavy fire from fellow Republicans over the lack of armored Humvees and transport trucks for the troops in Iraq | 11Top Stories
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I faced near death experiences in Dhoom 2: Hrithik
You saw him rock in Krrish and now be ready to watch him set the screen on fire once again in this yearÂs most exciting film Dhoom 2. | 1Entertainment
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NBC Is Said to Be in Talks to Remove Program Chief
NBC Universal is in talks to sever its ties with Kevin Reilly, several executives said Sunday. | 0Business
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Juve forza tre: Cancellata la Samp
Tris e vetta. Del Piero più Ibrahimovic più Trezeguet: parlano lingue diverse, ma con i piedi fanno esattamente la stessa cosa, gol. E' tre a zero al Marassi, nella terza giornata di campionato, primo turno infrasettimanale della serie A. Dopo. | 4Italia
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Israel lifts naval blockade of Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel lifted its eight-week sea blockade of Lebanon on Friday after an interim maritime task force led by an Italian admiral deployed off the Lebanese coast, the commander of U.N. peacekeepers said. | 10Top News
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IRAQ: OSTAGGIO BRITANNICO, STRAW ESCLUDE TRATTATIVE
ROMA - Il ministro degli esteri britannico Jack Straw ha escluso oggi qualsiasi possibilita' di trattativa con il gruppo che tiene in ostaggio in Iraq Kenneth Bigley, dopo che ieri il prigioniero, cittadino del Regno Unito, aveva lanciato in un video un | 4Italia
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Stocks Seen Flat with Oil Above $51
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks looked headed for a flat start on Wednesday with record high crude oil prices weighing on the market along with a fresh batch of profit warnings on the eve of a new earnings season. | 0Business
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Inquiry into shooting of wounded Iraqi shown in television footage
The Pentagon said last night it was opening an investigation into the shooting of an unarmed and wounded Iraqi in Falluja, following the release of television footage showing what appeared to be a close-range execution-style killing. | 11Top Stories
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Footnotes
In the highest-scoring regulation game in Division 1-A history, Brian Nunez returned an interception 28 yards with 2:18 left for the last of 19 touchdowns, and San Jose State (2-2, 1-1, WAC) beat Rice, 70-63. | 8Sports
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80 dead in Iraq bomb attacks
Blasts hit northern city of Kirkuk. | 10Top News
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UPDATE 2-Sri Lanka stutter to win over plucky Zimbabwe
Tillakaratne Dilshan steered Sri Lanka to a scratchy four-wicket win over Zimbabwe in their Champions Trophy match at the Oval on Tuesday but the Africans go home with pride restored after a spirited performance. | 8Sports
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Televangelist Robertson backs Giuliani
(AP)
AP - Televangelist Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition, endorsed Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday. | 12U.S.
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Dynegy inks $1B deal to buy Exelon assets
Houston-based Dynegy Inc. has agreed to buy ExRes SHC Inc., the parent company of Sithe Energies and Sithe Independence LP, from Chicago-based Exelon Corp. | 0Business
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Richardson Leads Bobcats Past Celtics
Jason Richardson scores 34 points and grabs nine rebounds, as the Charlotte Bobcats stun the Boston Celtics, 95-83, for just their fourth loss of the season. | 8Sports
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Saddam tells judge will stop attending hearings
AMMAN (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein wrote to the judge in the ethnic Kurdish genocide trial to tell him he would no longer attend court sessions to protest against being repeatedly silenced from speaking, his chief lawyer said on Tuesday. | 13World
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Mariners torment old foe A's
Ichiro, Madritsch and Cabrera are having a blast in an AL West race they watched from a distance. OAKLAND - George Sisler stayed on top for at least another day, but the Seattle Mariners took down the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. | 8Sports
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Still Exploring After Martian Winter, Rovers Send Back More Signs of Water
The two roving vehicles Spirit and Opportunity have explored Mars about three times as long as originally scheduled and keep finding evidence of past liquid water. | 6Sci/Tech
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PS3 Eye digicam to arrive next week
Keep an eye out for it
Sony has finally announced that its PS3 Eye camera will hit European shop shelves next week, bundled with an interactive board game.⊠| 7Software and Developement
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Astronaut accused of attempted murder
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A married U.S. astronaut was accused of attempted murder and trying to kidnap a rival for another astronaut's affections on Tuesday, and held in jail. | 10Top News
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British stores halt `Lolita' beds
(AP)
AP - Woolworths stores in Britain have stopped selling "Lolita" beds for young girls after a parents' organization complained because of the name's association with the famous novel about a pedophile. | 13World
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2008 Democratic Presidential Primary: Clinton 38% Obama 26% Edwards 15%
(Rasmussen Reports)
Rasmussen Reports - The latest Rasmussen Reports national opinion survey of Likely Democratic Primary Voters highlights the stability of a campaign that has started well before most Americans want to think about it. Once again, New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) is on top, this week attracting 38% of the vote. | 12U.S.
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Pixar's Incredibles gate eclipses...Pixar
Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles has taken $70.7 million (£38.1m) in its opening weekend in the US, making it the best ever three-day weekend total for film released by Disney. | 1Entertainment
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Tech Sector Likely to Get Roughed Up in Looming Recession
If the U.S. economy tips into a recession, don't count on the technology business to be a safe haven, experts say. In fact, tech high-fliers like Google and Amazon may be particularly vulnerable to recession. | 0Business
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Egg Freezing Shows Promise as Fertility Technique
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Deep-freezing embryos has been routine for some time, to give infertile couples reproduction choices in various situations, but freezing unfertilized eggs has proven difficult. | 3Health
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White House Nixed Early Hearing on Rice Nomination (Reuters)
Reuters - At the urging of the White House, a
key Senate panel will put off consideration of the nomination
of Condoleezza Rice to be secretary of state, the chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Sunday. | 13World
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US dismisses Kenyan 'propaganda'
The US ambassador to Kenya strongly rejects claims the international community has stirred up election violence. | 2Europe
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Germania: treni, accordo di massima
Tra sindacato macchinisti e ferrovie per rinnovo contratto | 4Italia
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Witt to call it a day in Spring 2008
(AFP)
AFP - Double Olympic figure skating champion Katarina Witt of Germany is to call time on her professional skating career with farewell performances in Germany and Russia during the Spring of 2008. | 1Entertainment
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For Graphic Novels, a New Frontier: Teenage Girls
DC Comics tries to reach what it sees as underserved readers. | 13World
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NHL labour talks resume with nearly five-hour meeting at O'Hare Airport (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - (CP) - NHL talks ended Wednesday after nearly five hours at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, with the promise to meet again. | 13World
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Billboard album reviews: Brad Paisley, Bon Jovi
(Reuters)
Reuters - After four studio albums and a
Christmas release, Paisley and longtime producer Frank Rogers
have it down: | 1Entertainment
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Summary Box: Scientists Worry About Herring (AP)
AP - 1AT ISSUE: Scientists worry about the health of San Francisco Bay's herring population, while fishermen find it increasingly difficult in recent years to earn a living in the fishery. | 6Sci/Tech
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Giustizia, Anm: maxiemendamento Governo elusivo e deludente
''Il maxiemendamento presentato dal Governo Ú elusivo e deludente, non tocca alcuno dei problemi di fondo''. E' il commento dell'Associazione Nazionale Magistrati sul nuovo provvedimento dell'esecutivo in tema di giustizia. | 4Italia
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WPP goes Grey in $1.3 B ad deal
British advertising firm WPP has agreed to buy smaller US rival Grey Global for $1.31 billion, equally divided in cash and shares, to put it on par with industry leader Omnicom. | 0Business
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AOL Won't Use Microsoft Anti-Spam Standard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America Online Inc. on Thursday shunned a Microsoft Corp. proposal to help weed out unwanted "spam" e-mail because Internet engineers are reluctant to adopt technology owned by the dominant software company. | 6Sci/Tech
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Ferragamo in Borsa entro il 2008
Al via 16 negozi nel mondo e una nuova linea di orologi | 4Italia
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iPod add-on 'fails' privacy test
Researchers expose privacy problems with the iPod Nano and Nike running aid. | 6Sci/Tech
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Londra, 14:16 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA; BECKHAM: RITORNO IN NAZIONALE E' DIFFILE
David Beckham conferma che le possibilità di un suo ritorno in nazionale sono scarse. ''Ho gi... | 4Italia
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Ariz. Rep. Shadegg not seeking 8th term
(AP)
AP - Rep. John Shadegg, a seven-term congressman, said Monday he will not seek re-election, becoming the 29th House Republican in the past 13 months to either leave office or decline to seek re-election. | 13World
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Apple's iTunes to start selling movies
(Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. said on
Tuesday its iTunes online music store would begin selling
movies from Disney, Pixar, and Touchstone as the company makes
its most aggressive move yet into the digital home. | 1Entertainment
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Hand Me That Door - Chris And Tad
Hand Me That Door by Chris And Tad | 5Music Feeds
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Bigley captors' UK 'funds' frozen
Any assets in Britain of the group which kidnapped and murdered British engineer Ken Bigley are to be frozen. | 0Business
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Skidmore Murder Suspect Waives Preliminary Hearing In Kansas
The woman accused of murdering pregnant Skidmore resident Bobbi Jo Stinnett and taking her baby has waived her preliminary hearing in US District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, and will appear in federal court in Missouri next week. | 11Top Stories
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Sri Lanka says sinks 3 rebel boats
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's navy sank three Tamil Tiger rebel boats off the island's northeast coast, killing 18 rebels on board, the military said on Friday. | 13World
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Frantic attempt to stop train
Suicide theory as seven die. | 10Top News
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Lamar Hunt, Football Pioneer, Dies at 74
Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, son of a famous and wealthy Texas family who became a pro sports visionary and author of the term "Super Bowl," died Wednesday night at a Dallas hospital. | 8Sports
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A Look at British Redeployment in Iraq (AP)
AP - A look at the Black Watch and Queen's Dragoon Guards, the British units being deployed to the U.S.-controlled sector of Iraq. | 13World
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Howard dangles $5.9b carrot
PRIME Minister John Howard yesterday laid out an audacious $5.9 billion re-election bid covering health, education, training, child care, families and small business. | 13World
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Karstens Makes First Start Since Breaking Leg
Yankees right-hander Jeff Karstens threw 3 1-3 scoreless innings Saturday in his first minor league rehab start since breaking his right leg two months ago. | 8Sports
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Hard calls whoever wins the White House
NO ONE has any idea what will happen to stock markets this week because no one knows who will win the US election and, even if they did, they don't know what a victory for either candidate would mean. | 0Business
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The Outer wall of Hurricane Frances is hitting Florida
Hurricane Frances is now over Florida's eastern coast. The National Hurricane Centre says conditions are expected to get worse as the dangerous Category 3 storm moves to shore, possibly late Saturday. | 11Top Stories
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Kanye West Tops Grammy Nomination List
Rap artist and producer Kanye West is the King of the hill when it comes to Grammy award nominations. The Rap master is nominated for for 10 Grammy awards, the most since Carlos Santana did it in 1989. | 1Entertainment
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City Room: Cases Overwhelm Family Court
On the eve of the second anniversary of the death of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown, a new report finds that higher caseloads have overwhelmed Family Court, where abuse and neglect cases are decided. | 13World
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CNN employee kidnapped
Gaza City - A group of men armed with assault rifles and revolvers kidnapped an employee of US television channel CNN in Gaza City late on Monday, CNN and witnesses said. | 13World
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EDWARD C. BAIG
Bill Gates hopes the third time around will be the charm - again. In 1990, Microsoft unveiled Windows 3.0, the first monumentally successful version of the company's flagship software. | 6Sci/Tech
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il conteggio dei voti
Il conteggio dei voti per le elezioni presidenziali di sabato in Afghanistan non comincerà oggi ed Ú stato rinviato, poichÚ le autorità aspettano le istruzioni su cosa fare, dopo le denunce di brogli fatte da alcuni candidati. | 4Italia
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Winehouse 'on road to recovery'
Singer Amy Winehouse is "on the road to recovery" from her drug addiction her mother Janis tells GMTV. | 10Top News
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Bertuzzi Requests Hearing With Bettman
Todd Bertuzzi has requested a hearing with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman to determine if the Vancouver forward's indefinite suspension for his attack on Colorado's Steve Moore should be lifted. | 8Sports
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China sentences Web porn king to life in prison
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Chinese court sentenced the founder
of the country's largest pornography Web site to life
imprisonment on Wednesday and jailed another eight of the
site's organizers, state media reported. | 6Sci/Tech
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Britain Likely to Expand Inquiry Into Russian Ex-SpyÂs Death
News reports said British counterterrorism officers were planning to fly to Moscow to interview witnesses. | 13World
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Map to "Pirates" gold keeps Hollywood guessing
(Reuters)
Reuters - Given the intensity with
which the media scrutinize movie ticket sales, last weekend's
record $136 million opening of Walt Disney Pictures' "Pirates
of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" was reported as if it were
manna in a box office desert. | 1Entertainment
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Backing up e-mail
One person's approach to backing up e-mail | 6Sci/Tech
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Wall Street heads lower on souring jobs picture
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street looked set to open lower on Wednesday as the employment picture soured in August after reports showed a surge in lay-offs and the slowest rate of private-sector hiring in more than four years. | 0Business
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New Heathrow terminal cleared for take-off
(AFP)
AFP - Heathrow was granted planning permission Friday for a new terminal, part of a major revamp of the world's busiest international airport. | 2Europe
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Knicks' new look looking good
Already there are tales of Stephon Marbury and Jamal Crawford finishing each other's sentences. The energetic backcourt tandem officially began trading phone calls when | 8Sports
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Australia wins more gold in cycling
TONY EASTLEY: While Australia won more gold overnight in the cycling as well as a silver in a thrilling finish in the women's triathlon, it's fair to say that all eyes were on the efforts of Jana Pittman this morning in the women's 400 metres hurdles. | 8Sports
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Report Links 9/11 Attacks, Madrid Bombings (AP)
AP - An unidentified Muslim militant suspected of helping plan the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States also ordered this year's Madrid train bombings, a Spanish newspaper said Sunday, asserting the closest link yet between the two terrorist attacks. | 2Europe
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